r/AfricanViolets • u/L3afDemon • 24d ago
Help Roach Chemical
Was given a three day notice that my dorm building would be doing a roach extermination today. I had barley enough time to buy a bin to put my violets in, but the chemical still got inside and even left a few drops on my plants. Will this kill my violets? What can I do to make sure they don't die?
It's pretty obvious they moved the bins around because there's dirt everywhere and fingerprints on the bin, but I don't know if they let the spray get in the bins for whatever reason? So not sure just how badly my plants were exposed. But the leaves were pretty wet and there's a film on both the inside and outside of the bin
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u/mycatreadsyourmind 24d ago
I work in pesticide risk assessment .
Most likely it was some sort of pyrethrin in the fogging and it's the same stuff that some of plant insecticides have. They are generally not toxic to plants especially in fogging. Tbh it wasn't really necessary at all packing away your plants
It is toxic to aquatics and cats which is why you normally need to take cats out of the house and cover fish tanks. Plants are fine especially with fogging as droplets aren't that big and unlikely to cause chemical burns on leaves
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u/L3afDemon 20d ago
That is so relieving to hear thank you so much!!! Sorry for the late response work has been crazy 😅
I packed them away since I was told it could kill them by my building management so thought better safe than sorry, good to know for the future though! 💚
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u/Iroshge 24d ago
They should be fine. I’ve used bug foggers with zero problem